She has flair, but no air. She has class, but does not wear it on her shoulders. She is unique. You either like her or you don't. If you don't, you won't. If you do--whee-ouuueu! You do!
-Langston Hughes, 1962
Picket lines School boycotts They say it's a communist plot But all I want is equality for my sisters, my brothers, my people and me -Nina Simone, "Mississippi Goddam"
This blog is a space for Nina Simone's music, concert footage, and lyrics. I also include the context in which I came to listen to Simone as well as some brief reflections on the blues aesthetic in African American music and literature as related to the CUNY Graduate Center course 'Blues People' (Spring 2009) taught by Professor Michelle Wallace.
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